> you have a moral obligation to perform CPR I think that's a dodgy claim, but suppose it's true and you convince everybody that it's true: We know people aren

> you have a moral obligation to perform CPR I think that's a dodgy claim, but suppose it's true and you convince everybody that it's true: We know people aren't actually perfect moral decision makers. Even if you manage to convince everybody in the world they have a moral imperative to help, people are still people. At least some of them will put their own skin before their moral imperative to render assistance. Every day, people around the world do things they personally believe to be immoral because they stand to profit from it. Scolding people about their moral obligations hasn't solved crime, and I don't think it ever will. Anyway, I said I think it's a dodgy claim. Here's why; we can generalize that moral assertion to people having a moral duty to render assistance despite the risk to themselves. But obviously there must be limits to this, the magnitude of the risk is vital to the question. Do you, a casual bystander, have a moral duty to run into a burning building to save somebody? Sometimes people choose to do this and manage to save somebody; obviously they're heroes. But is there a moral obligation for you to run into a burning building, without any firefighting gear or training? Obviously not, the risk is enormous. So the moral duty to render assistance must depend on the magnitude of the risk. But where you put the threshold is entirely subjective and a personal judgement call. Some people have families to support, while other people have nothing to lose. How can you draw one line for both? Some people have a very good reason to believe society distrusts them and will believe the worst in any ambiguous situation. Somebody who's well respected in their community can likely tolerate more risk than somebody who lives on the fringes, maybe has a few criminal convictions in their past, belongs to a demographic popularly discriminated against, etc, etc. Hypothetical: I'm a single parent with 3 kids to support and a criminal conviction in my past, time served and debt to society payed. I have a lot to lose, three kids that depend on me and will likely get abused in the foster system if I get arrested again. And because this hypothetical me has a criminal record, I know that the system and society are strongly biased against me. Society doesn't really trust me, even though I served my time and payed my debt to society. Do I have a moral duty to help somebody else? Perhaps. But I also have a moral duty to provide for my kids. These factors dissuade me from rendering assistance even if you convince me this moral imperative exists.